burnham
IPA: bˈɝnʌm
Root Word: Burnham
noun
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A large village in South Bucks district, Buckinghamshire, and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9382).
- A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.
- A hamlet in Thornton Curtis parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0517).
- A coastal town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.
- A community in the Rural Municipality of Coulee No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Cook County, Illinois, just south of Chicago.
- A town in Waldo County, Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
- A borough in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
- A settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, the location of an army camp.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
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Examples of "burnham" in Sentences
- Burnham was active in public affairs.
- Burnham was once a very important village.
- Guyana was suddenly in the post Burnham era.
- Burnham published numerous articles and books.
- Burnham was a poor leader and a fair dictator.
- Burnham was shot in the chest, fatally wounded.
- Burnham set fire to the village as a distraction.
- The Park is an outgrowth of the 1909 Burnham Plan.
- Lord and Burnham designed various of the greenhouses.
- Cippenham was a district of the old parish of Burnham.